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stopped looking like words. On the screen, the lab repo

: INCONCLUSI

a science experiment? Did she fall into some toxic

mean anything. It wasn't a diagnosis or a conclusion. It was just a fancy way of saying we have no

Stevens is done for. The government would take her. They'd put her in some

me. Her hazel eyes had turned gold. They were literally glo

at moment. She looked like a girl w

Call

e onto my lap. It was Miller. He was leani

hell," he said.

like that,"

h the CEO? Did she

ubmit' button, then back at Miller. My brain was screaming don

, like I didn't care. "The people at the front desk said

The Iron Goddess taking a day off? That's weird. Well, t

quickly. "Syst

, Don't stay up all night sta

I said.

my partner. I was officially a bad cop. But I couldn't just sit there. I needed to see

Aurora Luxe Holdings, I just flashed my badge and wal

. It wasn't the "rich people" kind of quiet.

ng from behind the big office doors

red

er face was as white as a sheet of paper. Elena, her assistant, was on her knees next to her. She

ke she was about to burst into tears. "She just co

!" I s

was crazy. "What? She's not waking up

natched the phone ri

ied to grab it back, but I held it up hi

didn't want to hurt her, but I needed her t

as a condition. Something private. She was very

"She's my boss! I care about her life,

art was banging against my ribs. "They will dig into her life and tear her apart. She told me she'd rather die than have the

bottom lip was trembling. "But... she looks so sick. What if sh

oud ping came

laptop. A red box was

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red. She went even paler.

't safe. And if I took her to a hospital, She'd be trapped.W

She was ice-cold. It felt like I was holding a statue made of marble. "W

ed grabbing Meredith's bag and her l

r the priva

ace,"

hat is kidnapping! You are kidnapping a billiona

other choice.I got Meredith into the back seat of my car, supporting her head, making sure she was

I was taking the city's most famous woman to a crappy one-be

u are officially the worst cop in Ne